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June 4th, 2019 1:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Air Traffic Falls for the First Time in Five Years: IATA

India’s domestic aviation traffic has recorded its first negative growth rate in April since January 2014, according to The International Air Transport Association (IATA). The domestic traffic has fallen 0.5% year-on-year. The demise of Jet Airways is cited as a possible reason for this drop. Over the past five years, annual growth has averaged a pace close to 20%. The main explanation for this dramatic slowing is the exit of... Read More

June 2nd, 2019 4:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vistara May Receive DGCA Approval to Fly 10 Grounded Boeing 737 Aircraft: Report

Vistara, the joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, will soon get approval to fly the grounded Boeing 737 aircraft, reports CNBC TV18. These Boeing 737 aircraft previously belonged to the now suspended Jet Airways. “Vistara is an all Airbus fleet as of now. So certain formalities and checks were needed before we permit them to operate Boeing 737 fleet. That should happen in a week or so,” the... Read More

May 28th, 2019 4:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo’s Profit Soars Five Times, Records INR 590 Crore in Q4

India’s biggest airline by market share IndiGo has reported a five-fold profit jump in the quarter ended in March 31. The airline’s net profit rose to INR 5,896 million, an increase of 401.2% compared to the same period last year. Jet Airways’ closure was IndiGo’s gain; the financial result clearly shows. Other factors that might have influenced IndiGo’s performance could be the decline in Brent crude prices and also the... Read More

May 25th, 2019 7:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vistara Leases Six Aircraft From BOC Aviation Ahead of Its International Launch

Vistara has leased six aircraft from BOC Aviation, global aircraft operating leasing company. In a statement released to the media, Vistara said that it hired four Boeing 737-800 NG and two Airbus A320 Neo aircraft. While the four Boeing planes will be delivered this month, the Airbus models will be provided later this year. Besides leasing aircraft, Vistara has also hired 500 employees from Jet Airways, including pilots, cabin crew,... Read More

May 25th, 2019 7:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vistara to Get a New Strategy Officer From June

Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, has appointed Vinod Kannan as Chief Strategy Officer, says a statement released by the airline. He will take charge from June 2019. Vinod Kannan is currently the Chief Commercial Officer of Scoot, a no-frills carrier operated by Singapore Airlines. Vistara’s current Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer is the former SpiceJet Executive Sanjiv Kapoor. Even after Kannan’s induction, Kapoor will remain... Read More

May 25th, 2019 6:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo Gains a Lion’s Share of the Domestic Market at 49.9% in April

IndiGo Airlines’ market share touched 49.9% in April 2019, the highest ever since its inception. It flew a record of 54.81 lakhs of passengers in the month, according to the latest report released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Air India, on the other hand, flew 15.4 lakhs passengers and recorded a market share of 13.9%. SpiceJet comes the third on the list with 13.1% market share flying... Read More

May 16th, 2019 2:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo Augments the Connectivity to Kolkata With Six New Flights, Reports of Disputes Between IndiGo Promoters Surface Online

IndiGo has announced an addition of six new daily flights on Shillong-Kolkata and Raipur-Kolkata route from July 20. It will also launch a flight on Delhi-Kathmandu route from July 4. One among the six new flights to Kolkata will be operating under Government's Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). We are strengthening our network from Kolkata with six new flights including a new RCS (Regional Connectivity Scheme) route. Kolkata-Shillong-Kolkata, our next RCS... Read More

January 26th, 2019 10:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Civil Aviation Ministry Charts Out 235 Routes for Airlines Including 18 Seaplane Routes

On Friday, in line with Government’s ambitious regional connectivity scheme, UDAN, the centre awarded 235 routes over which seaplanes will fly on 18 air routes, reported ET. The connectivity scheme will connect 16 unserved airports and six water aerodromes. The scheme which is popularly known as UDAN aims at regionally connecting cities via air. In its third round, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu announced that as many as 69.30 lakh... Read More

January 22nd, 2019 2:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo Ahead of Other Airlines in Domestic Capacity Addition: Report

Even while being troubled by rising operational and fuel costs and in between financially troubling times in the Indian aviation industry, IndiGo, the low-cost carrier has been the biggest contributor to domestic capacity addition last week. An Australia-based aviation consultancy CAPA released the data collected by a data intelligence company, OAG aviation, which detailed that approximately 99% of airline seat capacity added last week was due to the low-cost carriers... Read More

January 7th, 2019 1:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Women Pilot Average Stands at 12.4%, Double That of Global Average: ISA+21

According International Society of Women Airline Pilots a.k.a. ISA+21, India employs 12.4% of women pilots, which is double the global average that stands at 5.4%. Among 8,797 pilots in India, 1,092 pilots ate women, and 385 of these women pilots work as female captains. In the world, there are 1.5 lakh pilots in the total, of which only 8,061 are women, and 2,190 of these are female captains. Among the... Read More

January 3rd, 2019 3:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Mumbai (CSIA) Runway Closure in February and March: Vistara Announces Non Operational Flights

As per the latest reports, travellers who are planning to fly via Vistara airlines and have to board their flights from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai might be in for some trouble and inconveniences since Mumbai airport has announced for a scheduled runway closure. This is bound to affect the Vistara flights between February 7, 2019, and March 30, 2019, on each and every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It... Read More

December 26th, 2018 9:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru All Set for a Revamp by the Second Half of 2019

Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru is all set to witness some significant developments in 2019, reveals a report submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture.  According to the report, the airport’s second runway and a terminal newly being constructed will become operational by the end of September 2019. The airport will also add 20-30 parking slots to its existing 85 aircraft parking slots. “Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International... Read More

November 20th, 2018 10:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

IndiGo mulls over launching one-stop flight service to Europe

The budget airline service provider IndiGo is mulling to start a one-stop flight to European cities, according to reports by Business Standard and Times Now. The airline is in discussion with the airports at Tbilisi (Georgia) and Baku (Azerbaijan) for using them as technical stop, for purposes like refuelling. The airline is also said to have initiated the talks with Istanbul airport. However, the airport has high landing charges, that... Read More

September 15th, 2018 9:18 PM 2 COMMENTS

Kolkata Airport to Now Witness 101 IndiGo Flights Daily

No-frills carrier IndiGo has crossed the daily flight mark of 100 in Kolkata airport. IndiGo airlines, owned by InterGlobe Aviation is the airline with the highest share in the country. With the recent addition to new flights, the airline has finally managed to break the 100 daily flights mark in Kolkata airport. Notably, IndiGo started three new flights last weekend, which has pushed the total count of IndiGo flights in... Read More

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